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Steve Kaufmann, author of The Linguist and founder of www.thelinguist.com, shares his experiences in learning to speak 9 languages and on language learning in general. Primary Format : Language Courses Language : Unknown Also Listed as: User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of The Linguist on Language Podcasts Methings.com listings of The Linguist on Language Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of The Linguist on Language Syntax versus the love of the language. Here is the podcast. Do we learn a language better by finding ways to enjoy it or by studying grammar and syntax. Anyone who has been following this blog knows where I stand on this. On Thursday I will be... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The LingQ video script I am preparing a video script to use at the LingQ site. I feel that many people who come to LingQ do not have an overall concept of what the site is all about. Here is the text. I record... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What exactly is the true nature of our literacy problem? Here is the podcast I am still interested in the subject of literacy. I phoned another organization involved in Literacy to try to find out what they do and if LingQ can be used. I was told that literacy was... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How I choose the next language to learn. Here is the podcast This is in response to a question about learning Portuguese if you know Spanish. In approaching a new language to learn, I usually ask myself which language I am most motivated to learn. A few years... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids do not learn French at school Here is my podcast. New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province in Canada. Quebec is officially French and the other provinces are officially English. The federal government and the country of Canada are officially bilingual. About 30% of the... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are some people just good at languages? Here is the podcast Do some people just have a talent for languages? I think that most people think that is the case. I have always disagreed. I work harder on language than anyone I know. So, guess what? I... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In praise of passive learning Here is the podcast In praise of passive learning. Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play - Heraclitus Language skills are unlike most of the skills we acquire in life. This is... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is acupuncture or homework effective? Here is the podcast Does acupuncture work? The ancient Chinese medical art of puncturing the skin with tiny needles has now been approved in British Columbia and qualifies as a medical service covered by the public health insurance system. An... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random thoughts on the Beijing Olympic games Here is the podcast I really enjoyed my study of Chinese, about 40 years ago. I especially enjoyed various Chinese essays and novels from the 1920's and 1930's. Against the backdrop of war lords, colonial arrogance and oppression and eventually... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A discussion with Paul Nation on language learning - the 4 Strands. I had a very interesting conversation with Paul Nation , a leading world expert on vocabulary acquisition, and language learning in general. A quick search on Google will show many references to contributions by Paul Nation to the field of... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More on the four strands of language learning Here is the podcast. Amongst the many interesting and useful ideas that Paul Nation was willing to share with me in our conversation,(see previous post and podcast) was his concept of the four strands of language learning. These are INPUT,... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Foreign Language Acquisition the Easy Way" Stephen Krashen Here is the podcast "Foreign Language Acquisition the Easy Way" Stephen Krashen My recent conversation with Paul Nation got me thinking. I decided to re-read Krashen. I picked up "Foreign Language Acquisition the Easy Way" which is a short book,... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website